On This Day in Alternate History @OnThisDayAH
Commemorating historical events from alternate universes, every day. Joined November 2019-
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30 April 2002: 13-year-old Toronto resident Meilin “Mei” Lee transforms into a bear-sized red panda for the first time, the product of a hereditary curse inflicted on her family by their ancestor Sun Yee. Turning Red (2022) Domee Shi, Julia Cho, Sarah Streicher
30 April 1948: The Organization of American States is established, linking the nation-states which have access to a teleportation network that extends across the Americas. Alternate History Facts for April, 2020 (2020) Peter A. Schaefer
30 April 1945: Body doubles of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are killed in the Führerbunker under Berlin, allowing the fascist leader and his wife to escape Soviet forces and survive the war. The Seventh Secret (1986) Irving Wallace
30 April 1865: Robert FitzRoy dies by suicide, guilt-ridden after leading Charles Darwin to the theory of natural selection. He becomes a martyr for the Catholic Church, which will commit anti-scientific purges in his name until 2156. Darwin’s Suitcase (2007) Elisabeth Malartre
30 April 1789: James Madison is sworn in as the first President of the United States. Decades later, Madison’s portrait will come to be featured on the republic’s one-dollar bill, a bright blue banknote. The Reploids (1988) Stephen King
30 April 878: King Alfred the Great defeats Guthrum the Old at the Battle of Edington. To secure a lasting peace, Alfred ends England’s fealty to the Catholic Church and offers all of his subjects freedom of religion. A Letter From the Pope (1990) Harry Harrison, Tom Shippey
29 April 2017: Conservative media outlets boycott the White House Correspondents' Dinner amid US President Donald Trump’s refusal to answer questions about alleged Russian interference in his election. What If Trump Had Won As a Democrat? (2017) Matt Latimer
29 April 1994: Visual artist Joanna Krenski is sent forward one year by her friend’s experimental time machine. She will never return to her present day, instead becoming lost among alternate universes. Women On the Brink of a Cataclysm (1994) Molly Brown
29 April 1932: Japanese authorities arrest Korean nationalist Yoon Bong-gil before he can carry out a bomb plot in Shanghai’s Hongkou Park, saving the life of several prominent colonial officials. 2009: Lost Memories (2009) Lee Si-myung, Lee Sang-hak, Bok Geo-il
28 April 2034: After months of travelling, Joel Miller and Ellie Williams reach the ruins of Salt Lake City in search of a group of researchers who can turn the latter’s immunity to Cordyceps infection into a treatment for the parasitic fungus. The Last of Us (2013) Naughty Dog
28 April 1945: The Red Army crosses the Oder River into US-occupied Germany, sparking the Third World War. The conflict will be fought primarily by the USSR and Yugoslavia against the USA and formerly-neutral Italy. Occidente (2001) Mario Farneti
28 April 1912: French bank robber Jules Bonnot is captured by police. He will be held in secret at the Château d’If prison for five years until called on by the government-in-exile to assassinate the Tsar of Russia. Jour J (2010) Jean-Pierre Pécau, Fred Duval, Fred Blanchard
28 April 1881: USian criminal Billy the Kid is shot by time traveller Doug Phillips during a prison break. Rather than killing him, the bullet hits the outlaw’s belt buckle; he escapes, and is rearrested by sheriff Pat Garrett hours later. The Time Tunnel (1967) William Welch
28 April 1812: English industrialist William Horsfall fires into a crowd of Luddites protesting outside his textile mill. George Mellor, one of the Luddite leaders, fires back and shoots him non-fatally in the groin. The Future Encyclopedia of Luddism (2021) Miriam A. Cherry
27 April 2134: In the ruins of an office building outside the ruins of Washington, DC, a cult devoted to the worship of the deity Ug-Qualtoth is established by a group of irradiated zombie-like mutants known as “ghouls”. Fallout 3 (2008) Bethesda Game Studios
27 April 2009: US lawyer Dwayne Nelson murders three campers in a remote section of Yellowstone National Park, knowing that due to a constitutional loophole he can’t be prosecuted for a crime in the park’s “zone of death”. Population Zero (2016) Adam Levins, Jeff Staranchuk
27 April 2007: Legendary USAF pilot Steven Hiller, who helped deliver a virus onto the Harvester mothership during the War of ‘96, is killed during a test flight of an experimental fighter craft. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Carter Blanchard
26 April 1986: The multinational ninja cult Yami no te (English: “the Hand”) sabotages the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing a meltdown that triggers the worst nuclear accident up to that point. The Defenders (2017) Phil Abraham, Douglas Petrie, Marco Ramirez
26 April 1974: The 1974 Stark World Exposition opens. A showcase of Stark Industries’ technological innovation, it is the last convention the corporation will host until the 21st century. Iron Man 2 (2010) Jon Favreau, Justin Theroux
26 April 1478: Lorenzo de’ Medici, the Lord of Florence, is assassinated. His brother, Giuliano, will rule briefly before being overthrown in a violent uprising which inspires Leonardo da Vinci to abandon the arts. Pasquale’s Angel (1994) Paul J. McAuley
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34K Followers 567 Following Writer of alternate history, fantasy, other sf, and historical fiction. I tell lies for a living, iow.@OnThisDayAH "Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel"? Hmmm.
@OnThisDayAH @alt_historian I always called it, the Remembrance Offensive since it happened on said day in the setting and the characters kept saying something along those lines
Turtledove's alternate civil war series is so good.
22 April 1917: The Barrel Roll Offensive occurs when US Army forces under the leadership of General George Armstrong Custer use armoured combat vehicles known as “barrels” to break through Confederate lines in Tennessee. The Great War: Breakthroughs (2000) Harry Turtledove
@OnThisDayAH yeah I had to double check the account name before realizing it's 04 rather than 03. pretty wild.
@OnThisDayAH wait what? I didn't know baxter predicted columbia disaster!
@OnThisDayAH Just two days after the Fall of Bataan
This brings back good (and terrifying) memories of playing Wolfenstein: TNO for the first time.
4 April 1947: Nazi forces eliminate the last survivors of the Soviet Red Army, deploying experimental Panzerhund robots to wipe out the Russian holdouts. Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) MachineGames
@OnThisDayAH Heh. That would have changed a LOT. But it’s likely a son would also have been called Arthur. The Tudors were determined to link themselves to Arthur, what with their Welsh background.
@OnThisDayAH They never explained how they were still able to make a documentary after human civilization was destroyed though, weirdly always bugged me
@OnThisDayAH @alt_historian one of the best accounts on here - I don't know how you find them all, but keep up the good work
@OnThisDayAH Which didn’t end well for the world!
Oh dear, I actually started reading this book last year but had to put it down midway through because I got too stressed out! (Also too much graphic fish…utilization for this ichthyphobe😬) Someone check on Nantucket, just in case…
17 March 1998: At 09:15 EST the Event occurs, transporting the Massachusetts island of Nantucket and the USCGS Eagle back in time to the Bronze Age. Island in the Sea of Time (1998) S.M. Stirling
Significant!
9 March 2072: The Weyland Corporation undergoes a major reorganization, placing all of its subsidiaries into seven divisions including cybernetics and terraforming. Alien: Covenant (2017) Ridley Scott, David Giler, Walter Hill, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer
And yeah I know recent history hasn't been kind to RT, but I do hope most people involved in that company go on to bigger and better things.
O wow talk about an end of an era. These were the people that got me to start watching YouTube in the first place. Red vs. Blue, Achievement Hunter, Immersion...me from 10+ years ago would be excited for new episodes.
OG YouTube channel Rooster Teeth shut down by Warner Bros. Discovery Their podcast network will remain in production
this whole series is truly incredible, *highly* recommend!!! @GoldwagNathan have you read this series???
3 March 1953: A meteorite impacts the Chesapeake Bay on Earth, destroying much of the eastern United States and setting in motion a period of rapid climate change that will render Earth uninhabitable within the next fifty years. The Calculating Stars (2018) Mary Robinette Kowal
Lmao
26 February 2017: US President Donald Trump calls Meryl Streep the “GREATEST ACTRESS OF ALL TIME” after she praises him as a champion for women’s rights and denounces his Republican opponents. What If Trump Had Won As a Democrat? (2017) Matt Latimer
Trekkies take note
23 February 1936: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with pacifist and social worker Edith Keeler, who convinces Roosevelt to pursue a less confrontational approach to handling the Nazi regime in Germany. Star Trek (1967) Harlan Ellison, Joseph Pevney